Objective: Fruits of lemon pepper (Zanthoxylum acanthopodium DC., Rutaceae) have been traditionally used as a spice and in folk medicine for treatment of diarrhea and stomachache. Stomachache could be associated with mycobacterial infection. The present study was designed to investigate the activity of Z. acanthopodium fruits against a non-infectious Mycobacterium smegmatis and to identify the ...

The surfactant fraction (55,000-g pellet) of leukocyte-free rat bronchoalveolar lavage fluid contains factors that rapidly kill and lyse pneumococci. These factors were purified and identified biochemically by using a quantitative bactericidal test to monitor fractionation procedures. 91% of the antipneumococcal activity of rat surfactant was recovered in chloroform after extraction of rat surf...

Fruits of Sonneratia apetala (Buch.-Ham.), (English: mangrove apple, Bengali: keora) both seeds and pericarps, are largely consumed as food besides their enormous medicinal application. The fruit seeds have high content of nutrients and bioactive components. The seeds powder of S. apetala was successively fractionated using n-hexane, diethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and methanol. The f...

Objective: Sleep disorders are among the most common psychiatric and medical conditions. In the present study, the hypnotic effect of Tanacetum parthenium was studied in mice.  Material and Methods: The hydro-alcoholic extract (HAE) of T. parthenium and three fractions of it, namely water fraction (WF), ethyl acetate fra...

Sargassum Vulgare was collected from the Red sea coastlines, Al-Hodeida, Yemen, and dried. The dried powder subjected to consecutive extraction by methanol. methanol extract solvent fractionation (n-hexane-chloroform-ethyl acetate n-butanol solvents). vulgare polysaccharides (S.R1P, S.R1M, S.R5s, S.R5ss) were isolated precipitation with [19] n-hexane fraction evaluated phytochemically. physicoc...

Red betel leaf (Piper crocatum) is one of the typical Indonesian herbal plants that has an antibacterial function. This study aimed to test and measure activity 70% ethanol extract red its fractions (n-hexane, ethyl acetate, water fractions) as against specific bacteria Escherichia coli pBR322 based on minimum inhibitory concentration. Extraction was carried out using maceration method continue...

Nothaphoebe coriacea (in Kalimantan, Indonesia, commonly known as gemor) is a native wetland-plants that can grow well in swampy areas. This tree distributed throughout South and Central Indonesia. The bark of used for bioactive compound source larvacide, mosquito repellent, hio glue. objective this research was to investigate the ultrasound-assisted extraction methods antioxidants compounds co...